A key House Democrat said he’s hopeful that talks for free-trade deals with the U.K. and Kenya can be completed this year even as President Joe Biden focuses on enforcement of existing agreements with the U.S.’s biggest partners.
The successful negotiation to avoid a physical frontier dividing the island of Ireland after Britain’s departure from the European Union… Read more »
American adults earning up to $75,000 and couples making $150,000 will likely be eligible for the full $1,400 COVID-19 stimulus checks Democrats are pushing through Congress as part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan.
If approved by Congress and signed by Biden, the stimulus payments will phase out incrementally based on income, with individuals… Read more »
One way or another, Rep. Richard Neal says Congress is going to pass President Joe Biden’s proposed COVID-19 relief package.
And after meeting with Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last Friday, the Springfield Democrat believes it will happen by the “second or third week of March.”
Neal, who chairs the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means, joined… Read more »
BOSTON (WWLP) – Governor Charlie Baker was joined by Congressman Richard Neal at his news conference Monday to discuss the state’s COVID response efforts.
Both Neal and Baker feel confident about the Commonwealth’s ability to rebound from this virus. They say they’ve been in constant contact since the start of pandemic and they plan to keep up that… Read more »
Promoting the Biden administration’s proposed $1.9 trillion stimulus package, U.S. Congressman Richard Neal said neither he nor the president see any room for negotiation with Republicans on the $1.9 trillion bottom line.
“This is about a pandemic. This is about stability,” the Massachusetts Democrat said Monday afternoon, speaking alongside Gov. Charlie Baker at the… Read more »
BOSTON — By the end of the week, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, expects that the House Ways and Means Committee he helms will have written the legislation to enact $941 billion worth of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal.
Neal, who represents the Berkshires, ticked through the details of the legislation Monday during a press conference with… Read more »
Governor Charlie Baker said Monday that he believes the new call center launched to help residents aged 75 and older book appointments for their coronavirus vaccines has been “very successful,” and he urged eligible people to continue seeking appointments as the state seeks to get the treatment to more residents.
“A lot of people have called it, and a lot of… Read more »
House Democrats released the biggest piece of their coronavirus relief bill late Monday, offering a measure that would extend a $400-a-week unemployment insurance payment through Aug. 29 and send $1,400 per-person payments to most households without lowering the income thresholds from earlier rounds.
Democrats have been debating whether to reduce those income levels, but… Read more »
A COVID-19 stimulus-linked bill out of Rep. Richard Neal’s office calls on the Internal Revenue Service to send American families at least $3,000-per-child every year.
Part of President Joe Biden’s and Democrats’ $1.9 trillion relief package, Neal’s proposal would see families receive up to $3,600 per child under 6 and $3,000 for every child between… Read more »
Senior Democrats on Monday will unveil legislation to provide $3,000 per child to tens of millions of American families, aiming to make a major dent in child poverty as part of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic relief package.
The 22-page bill to dramatically expand direct cash benefits to American families was obtained by The Washington Post ahead of its release.
Under the… Read more »
